Finite element simulation of light transfer in turbid media under structured illumination

Dong Hu; Renfu Lu; Yibin Ying

doi:10.1117/12.2263121

1 May 2017 Finite element simulation of light transfer in turbid media under structured illumination

Dong Hu, Renfu Lu, Yibin Ying

Proceedings Volume 10217, Sensing for Agriculture and Food Quality and Safety IX; 102170B (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2263121
Event: SPIE Commercial + Scientific Sensing and Imaging, 2017, Anaheim, CA, United States

Abstract

Spatial-frequency domain (SFD) imaging technique allows to estimate the optical properties of biological tissues in a wide field of view. The technique is, however, prone to error in measurement because the two crucial assumptions used for deriving the analytical solution to diffusion approximation cannot be met perfectly in practical applications. This research was mainly focused on modeling light transfer in turbid media under the normal incidence of structured illumination using finite element method (FEM). Finite element simulations were performed for 50 simulation samples with different combinations of optical absorption and scattering coefficients for varying spatial frequencies, and the results were then compared with analytical method and Monte Carlo simulation. Relationships between diffuse reflectance and dimensionless absorption and dimensionless scattering coefficients were investigated. The results indicated that FEM provided reasonable results for diffuse reflectance, compared with the analytical method. Both FEM and analytical method overestimated the reflectance for μ_tr/f_x values of greater than 2 and underestimated the reflectance for μ_tr/f_x values of smaller than 2. Larger values of μ′_s/μ_a yielded better estimations of diffuse reflectance than did those of smaller than 10. The reflectance increased nonlinearly with the dimensionless scattering, whereas the reflectance decreased linearly with the dimensionless absorption. It was also observed that diffuse reflectance was relatively stable and insensitive to μ_s′ when the dimensionless scattering was larger than 50. Overall results demonstrate that FEM is effective for modeling light transfer in turbid media and can be used to explore the effects of crucial parameters for the SFD imaging technique.

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Dong Hu, Renfu Lu, and Yibin Ying "Finite element simulation of light transfer in turbid media under structured illumination", Proc. SPIE 10217, Sensing for Agriculture and Food Quality and Safety IX, 102170B (1 May 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2263121

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